David Brin is a scientist and world-renowned author whose works delve into the complex interplay between technology, society, and humanity's future. His fiction often anticipates emerging trends and grapples with pressing ecological and ethical concerns, bringing scientific rigor and philosophical depth to the genre. Brin is celebrated for his distinctive vision within speculative fiction, offering readers thought-provoking explorations of our civilization's evolving trajectory. His non-fiction writing further examines contemporary issues such as freedom and privacy in an increasingly connected world.
Exploring the impact of science fiction cinema, this book argues that films have played a crucial role in shaping societal awareness and preventing crises. Retired officers reveal how movies like Doctor Strangelove and War Games influenced military strategies, while others like Soylent Green galvanized environmental activism. It highlights how various films have addressed issues such as nuclear threats and pandemics, ultimately encouraging vigilance against oppressive regimes, exemplified by the enduring relevance of Nineteen Eighty-Four.
OUR CONTINUED EXISTENCE WAS NEVER A GIVEN. Year after year, humanity has survived the main pitfalls awaiting us - natural disasters, nuclear war, rising seas. But when an alien artefact is found floating in Earth's orbit, it pushes our troubled world to the brink of chaos. Is this a message in a bottle bringing peace and enlightenment from the stars? Or a warning, threatening to destroy what little stability mankind has achieved? The world is divided - holding its breath. Soon we will know the secret of existence. Brilliant and gripping, David Brin's novel of the near future is the work of a modern master of science fiction.
Verkehrte Welt … 1944, die Alliierten bereiten die Invasion des europäischen Festlands an der Küste der Normandie vor, die Rote Armee rückt auf Berlin zu und das Japanische Kaiserreich verliert im Pazifikkrieg Insel um Insel. Der Zweite Weltkrieg scheint für die Alliierten so gut wie entschieden. bis zu dem Tag, der als „D-Day“ in die Annalen der Geschichte eingeht. D wie „Desaster“. Eine düstere Science-Fiction-Saga über eine Parallelwelt, in der die Beschäftigung der Nazis mit okkulten Zeremonien und der germanischen Götterwelt tatsächlich kriegentscheidende Früchte trägt. Von Erfolgsautor David Brin (The Postman), mit Artwork von Ausnahmekünstler Scott Hampton. Bestseller in den USA und Frankreich!
In a perilous future where disposable duplicate bodies fulfill every legal and illicit whim of their decadent masters, life is cheap. No one knows that better than Albert Morris, a brash investigator with a knack for trouble, who has sent his own duplicates into deadly peril more times than he cares to remember. But when Morris takes on a ring of bootleggers making illegal copies of a famous actress, he stumbles upon a secret so explosive it has incited open warfare on the streets of Dittotown.Dr. Yosil Maharal, a brilliant researcher in artificial intelligence, has suddenly vanished, just as he is on the verge of a revolutionary scientific breakthrough. Maharal's daughter, Ritu, believes he has been kidnapped--or worse. Aeneas Polom, a reclusive trillionaire who appears in public only through his high-priced platinum duplicates, offers Morris unlimited resources to locate Maharal before his awesome discovery falls into the wrong hands.To uncover the truth, Morris must enter a shadowy, nightmare world of ghosts and golems where nothing--and no one--is what they seem, memory itself is suspect, and the line between life and death may no longer exist.
Al Morris is a private investigator in a future world where everyone can exist in multiple places simultaneously, known as dittos. As chaos unfolds, Al must navigate this complex reality. Welcome to his intriguing journey.
Maïa est une var, humaine conçue naturellement sur la planète Stratos où l’essentiel de la population féminine est constituée de clones. En raison de leur naissance, Maïa et sa sœur jumelle Leie doivent quitter leur foyer et leurs demi-sœurs privilégiées pour sillonner les routes maritimes à la recherche de leur propre place au soleil. Mais au cours d’un voyage où elle doit affronter la faim et l’emprisonnement, la solitude et les batailles, Maïa rencontre un voyageur aux origines extraordinairement lointaines, dont la seule existence menace le monde parfaitement réglé de Stratos...
For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future -- to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save mankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire -- both scientists and scholars -- and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the Galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for a future generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation. But soon the fledgling Foundation finds itself at the mercy of corrupt warlords rising in the wake of the receding Empire. Mankind's last best hope is faced with an agonizing choice: submit to the barbarians and be overrun -- or fight them and be destroyed.
Roku 1990 se poprvé v naší literární historii objevil měsíčník věnovaný sci-fi, fantasy a hororu – Ikarie. Časopis, jehož vznik přecházelo mnohaleté úsilí celé řady našich více i méně známých spisovatelů a publicistů. V rámci sílícího československého sci-fi hnutí se zakládaly první kluby přátel sci-fi, pořádaly akce pro fany a první literární soutěže. Začaly se vydávat i mnohé samizdatové časopisy a sborníky. Ale teprve v roce 1990 konečně prosadil a naplno rozjel ve vydavatelství Mladá fronta jeho první šéfredaktor Ondřej Neff. Nazval ji na počest významného fanzinu Ikarie XB (1, 2, 3), pojmenovaného zase podle vynikajícího českého fantastického filmu Jindřicha Poláka Ikarie XB-1, natočeného v roce 1963. Časy se mění, s nimi lidé i sama sci-fi, dorůstá nová generace čtenářů… První svazek nové edice sci-fi Ikaros nakladatelství Mladá fronta vám nabízí průřez tím nejlepším ze světové i domácí literární tvorby právě z prvních ročníků Ikarie.... celý text
